Min-Hyung Choi, Ph.D.

Prof. Min Choi received his M.S. and Ph.D. from University of Iowa in 1996 and 1999 respectively. He joined the Computer Science and Engineering Department at the University of Colorado at Denver in 1999. His research interests are in Computer Graphics, Scientific Visualization and Human Computer Interaction with an emphasis on physically-based modeling and simulation for realistic animation, and medical applications. Currently he is the Director of Computer Graphics and VR Laboratory.

Dr. Choi received the NSF CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation in 2003. He was the recipient of the Best Paper Award from the International Conference on Computational Science Visualization and Virtual Reality in 2005. In 2006, he received the CU Denver campus award for Excellence in Research and Creative Activities. His research was supported by funding from the National Science Foundation, National Institute of Health, Silicon Graphics, Alzheimer's Association, CASI, Laser Tech, and Microsoft. He has been on grant review panels at NSF and NIH and he's been active in professional societies as international conference chairs and journal editorial board members.